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Absolutely love these pictures from long term FB friend and ClaretandHugh Facebook member Dave Bryn Evans. His son “Mini scar” is on the books of Cardiff City but a Hammer to his young backbone just like Dad. These images appeared on Dave’s Facebook timeline this morning and were accompanied with these words: “Cardiff City training […]

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Exclusive David Sullivan has made it clear that no top player will be sold until the club have replaced them with someone better … and that includes Diafra Sakho! Speculation over the striker’s future has been intense over the last few days and even there’s even been the crazy suggestion on Twitter that his contract […]

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David Gold has gently taken the rather insistently anti West Ham Richard Keys apart on Twitter. The disgraced former Sky Sports presenter with little to offer but a poisonous anti-Hammers tongue these days seems to learn nothing in defeat. And following the slaughter of talkSPORT presenter Andy Goldstein by David Sullivan in a hugely amusing […]

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The Irons head for the east midlands tomorrow (Sun) bidding to arrest Leicester City’s Championship charge and keep or own Euro hopes on line. But they will need to stop a player Slaven Bilic wanted to sign in the summer. N’Golo Kante was on Slav’s wish list and has been brilliant for the Foxes as they […]

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          By Pete Ellis So, Wednesday night we go out the cup and get trolled by fans across the UK. Less than 24 hours later the club release the OS tenancy agreement and troll them right back!!! Brilliant! The talent-less nobodiess that pollute the airwaves on talkSPORT have been purring with […]

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West Ham owners David Sullivan and David Gold would give away up to 30 per cent of the sale price of West Ham if they sell the club over the next ten years. Sullivan and Gold have always insisted they have no intention of selling the club and that they plan to pass their shares […]

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West Ham could get the Olympic Stadium rent-free – gratis – should the naming rights be sold for £10m per season. This is based on the fact that the Hammers will share 50 per cent of the naming rights income over £4m so, at £10m, we would get £3m of free rent wiping out our £2.85m […]

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West Ham chairman David Gold has stepped in to correct TalkSport flop shock jock Andy Goldstein on Twitter. Goldstein had claimed the tax payers were paying the Irons match day costs and DG tweeted: “Why do “the state” have to pay for match day costs?” The co chairman said: “We offered to buy the stadium from […]

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ClaretadHugh is delighted to help Phil Parkes with a charity event he has organised which will involve himself and two great Hammers heroes from the past – Tony Gale and Alan Devonshire. Please do all you can to support this highly worthwhile event at the Luckly Oakfield School, Wokingham in a brand new purpose built […]

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Irons chairman David Sullivan last night insisted that Slaven Bilic was virtually assured of a new deal and killed off talk of a return to Turkey with Fenerbahce. The Turkish giants aren’t alone in their admiration of the Irons boss who has had a fabulous start to his career in East London as the club […]

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West Ham’s striker problems may have been dominated by Diafra Sakho over recent days but it’s Enner Valencia’s future which is now focusing minds inside the club. The Ecuador striker produced a less than mediocre performance against Manchester United and not for the first time his performance took a battering from the fans on social […]

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Slaven Bilic gave his pre match press conference in advance of our away game against Premier League leaders Leicester City. Bilic said : “It looks like Reidy should be ok. He had tight muscles but was not injured. Nothing major happened on Wednesday. Burns is available. It was a huge disappointment because we wanted to go […]

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David Sullivan last night took on talkSPORT’S Andy Goldstein as the radio presenter did his best to slaughter the West Ham chairman over the Olympic Stadium deal. In the end quietly spoken DS – refusing to rise to any of the inflammatory and OTT interviewing technique – made his point with great force. Here’s some […]

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David Sullivan doesn’t want Andy Carroll to go to the Euros or any of our players “to go and play for England.” The co chairman – made his position clear towards the end of a talkSPORT interview in which he defended the Olympic Stadium deal struck by the Irons. Asked whether he believed Carroll should […]

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West Ham’s chairman, David Sullivan called up Talksport radio last night to defend the club after a day of West Ham bashing by the media yesterday over the publication of the Olympic Stadium agreement. Sullivan told Andy Goldstein “We’ve saved the stadium, look what happened in Greece, it’s a wreck, look what happened in China, […]

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Despite, previous assurances of a veto on Olympic Stadium ground sharing by Karren Brady, the OS agreement released today shows a different picture. West Ham is entitled to a 50 per cent discount on their £2.5m annual rent if they ever shared the stadium with any other football club that were to use the stadium […]

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Phil Parkes has unhesitatingly named his Hammer of the Year – and it’s not Dimitri Payet. The goalkeeping legend is a huge fan of Michail Antonio and reckons the youngster should land the top award. And he made it clear that he thinks using him as a full back should now be a thing of […]

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Phil Parkes has called on manager Slaven Bilic to give Darren Randolph two or three first team League outings before the end of the season. Parkesy scouted the former Birmingham stopper for David Sullivan when the club were looking for a replacement to Jussi Jaaskalaien and it was on his recommendation that the big man […]

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The previously confidential agreement between the LLDC/Newham council and West Ham United has finally been published this morning. To save you reading through the legal 207 page document which can be found here we have summarised the main facts below for you: West Ham contribution to conversion costs:  £15m West Ham Stadium rental: West Ham […]

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Exclusive West Ham legend Bill Bonds – today speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh – declared in his usual straightforward manner: “Sometimes you just have to put your hands up and say: “The best team won and deserved it.” Bonzo watched with his family from the VIP boxes last night and was bitterly disappointed for the Hammers […]

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Gutted? Sick? angry? Still not over it?…yeah all of that and ready for the mickey taking and wind-ups from every Man U fan around . And make no mistake there will be plenty of them dancing on the streets in the hotbed of their support this morning…Hastings, Bexhill, the Romney Marshes, Torquay, Skegness and Clacton […]

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David Sullivan has paid tribute to his great friend David Gest who died unexpectedly in a Docklands Hotel at just 62 years old. As we reported earlier Gest was a guest of David Sullivan and Vanessa Gold in the directors box  less than two weeks ago during the West Ham v Crystal Palace match. One […]

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Exclusive David Gold s looking for another Andy Carroll super show tonight but admits – like others – there was a moment when he feared for the striker’s future. Speaking exclusively to ClaretandHugh he said: “I remember – because I was in New Zealand with the squad at the time when he was injured in […]

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Despite signing a new £125,000 a week deal and claiming he is totally happy at the club, Dimitri Payet is regularly linked with interest from “big clubs” this summer. The fact that the Irons are now with touching distance of the top and on the brink of a Wembley FA Cup semi final appearance makes […]

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David Gest was a guest of David Sullivan and Vanessa Gold in the directors box  less than two weeks ago during the West Ham v Crystal Palace match and  was pictured (above) supporting the Dylan Tombides foundation. One of his last tweets was to thank David Sullivan and Vanessa Gold for their hospitality at the […]

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Slaven Blic has sounded a big note of caution as the Irons go into their massive FA Cup replay against Manchester United tonight (Wed). Foe he says quite simply: “What worries me is every time United are in trouble, they always pull out a result.” And Lous Van Gaal’s under fire position is probably another threat […]

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